By Ada Treves*
The theater “La Fenice” is a central institution of Venice recent history, and it is also an important place for everyone who loves music, a place with a highly symbolic name. The images of the fire that, …
By Dario Calimani*
The history of Judaism is sprinkled with recurrent harassment and persecutions, whose dreadful peak was the Shoah. In part, Jewish people’s recollection of prejudice and discrimination has strengthened their Jewish identity; I believe that no other community …
By Roberto Della Rocca*
Venetian Ghetto has got a very peculiar history, compared to other Jewish communities which have experienced a similar condition of forced segregation during the long Jewish diaspora. Despite being Venice the brain behind the creation of …
By Jerry Brotton*
It is nearly 500 years to the day when, on March 29 1516, the Venetian authorities assigned the site of a polluted, disused “geto”, the Italian for foundry, in the north of the city as where Jews …
By Rossella Tercatin
Among the ancient early printed Haggadot, the Venice Haggadah of 1609 is one of the most beautiful and fascinating. Over 400 years later, a group of international Jewish artists are working on a new Venice Haggadah. It …
By Rossella Tercatin
Teatro La Fenice, one of the most renowned Italian opera houses, will be the venue of the official opening ceremony in remembrance of the creation of the Ghetto of Venice, the first ghetto in history, in 1516 …
By Rachel Silvera
It all started during Hanukkah 1985 and it marked a new challenge for the young people of the Roman Jewish Community. Today the Oratorio Fatucci-Panzieri synagogue, known as “Tempio dei Giovani” (because it was mostly attended by …
By Francesca Matalon
During the Fascist regime in Italy, the directions of the Fascist party on racial discrimination were transformed into laws by a group of jurists who worked for the regime. In his new book Le leggi antiebraiche e …
By Rachel Silvera
This year marks the fiftieth anniversary of Nostra Aetate, the Vatican declaration promulgated in 1965, which has consistently improved the relations between Jews and Catholics.
A little over 800 years have passed also since the Fourth Council …
By Ada Treves
The board of the World Jewish Congress gathered in Rome last week, for three intense days to discuss key strategic issues and challenges that are of public interest.
Among the topics covered were the fight against anti-Semitism, …